Popular Field Botany (Classic Reprint): Containing a Familiar and Technical Description of the Plants Most Common to the Various Localities of the British Isles - Couverture souple

Agnes Catlow

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332777465 ISBN 13 : 9781332777464

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A friendly, practical introduction to the plants of the British Isles

This accessible guide is designed for beginners who want to explore botany without getting lost in jargon. It presents a clear path to discovering the scientific names of common plants and understanding their uses, habits, and features in everyday country rambles. The book works with either the artificial (Linnean) or natural classification systems, making it useful for a range of study approaches.

Structured in monthly lessons, it guides readers through the plants most likely to be seen in spring, summer, and autumn. It emphasizes hands‑on learning—starting with the name of the plant and building toward reliable identification, with practical notes that help you apply what you observe in the field.

• Learn to identify common plants and their key features.


• Understand scientific naming and basic botanical terms.


• Explore practical uses, habits, and peculiarities that make each plant unique.


• Discover simple ways to preserve and study specimens, including sea‑weeds.

Ideal for readers who enjoy nature walks and want a straightforward, engaging entry into field botany.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332777465
• ISBN 13: 9781332777464
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 466
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